Good Politics Trumping Hypocrisy in Treaty Fete -The Province

Good politics trumping hypocrisy in treaty fete
Campbell’s turn to get all misty-eyed over native ratification

Michael Smyth, The Province
Published: Friday, October 12, 2007

The last time British Columbia ratified a land-claims treaty with a B.C. native band, Gordon Campbell made a point of snubbing all the pomp and ceremony.

The occasion was the official signing of the Nisga’a treaty in 1998. I remember covering the emotional ceremony in New Aiyansh, where the walls reverberated from all the joyous dancing, drumming and singing of the Nisga’a people.

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